Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 20:22:51 01/11/06
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On January 11, 2006 at 23:15:10, G. R. Morton wrote: >According to at least some test results eg. >http://www.utzingerk.com/rating_list.htm the top few chess engines seem to me >fairly close to each other in overall playing strength. So if a chess master (or >even a GM) would play dozens of games with each of the latest versions of, say, >Rybka and Toga II (without knowing which is which to preclude bias potential) >could he with any confidence say which is stronger? > >I suspect not, but I’m only asking because Toga II now is free. I wish Vasik >commercial success to encourage development but I still ask: could even a GM >tell the difference in strength, or learn more from one more than the other? Probably, it would be very hard for a GM to discern the strength difference between Rybka and Shredder or Fruit. However, if a GM has an interesting position, and lets those same three interesting engines churn away at it, the GM may get different opinions. By studying the thinking of the engines, a new novelty may be found or a bust or any of a number of things. The engines may all give bad answers, or good answers or tremenous answers. The GM will be in a better position to judge the quality of the answers than most people. I am suggesting that 4 top engines will be far more likely to come up with something fresh and interesting than 1.
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